Objectives:

	To describe the basic operation of the microprogrammed control unit design
	To illustrate a structured design approach for a generalized microprogrammed control unit design
	To discuss the various microinstruction formats including: Horizontal microcode, Vertical microcode, and Field-encode format.
	To describe the requirement of multiway branching and illustrate its solution using Bit Oring.
	To compare hardwired and microprogrammed control unit design approaches

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